Hi-Tech Shirts Link Social Networks to the Real World

services -- or, heck, go buy an iron-on shirt kit for $5 -- and you can stamp the code on as many shirts as you want.

Final Thoughts

The mainstream use of this sort of social scanning system may still be years away, but it's exciting to think of the things it could let us do. And, unlike past scanning failures such as the CueCat, this new take on the technology isn't built to let corporations target you with their ads -- it's built to let you target other people socially. Like, you know, that cute woman at the bar. Or the curious crowds who show up to your first annual "Social Network Scanning Party."

Color me intrigued.